WWTBAM Bored

Kate Sundeen
Philadelphia, PA
High school English teacher

Topic Tree:

10 Cultural Customs
9 Helpful Metal
8 Figure it Out
7 Film History
6 Adult Booster
5 Acting
4 Parade Time
3 Nailed It
2 Recipe Tips
1 Dog Days

Topic Tree: (randomized)

1 Dog Days
4 Parade Time
10 Cultural Customs
7 Film History
8 Figure it Out
2 Recipe Tips
5 Acting
6 Adult Booster
9 Helpful Metal
3 Nailed It

Question 1 - 3 Nailed It
Warm & Fozzie, Fresh Frog of Bel Air and Divine Swine are colors in a new line of nail polishes based on what children’s characters?
A. Care Bares
B. The Muppets
C. The Smurfs
D. Transformers

Spoiler

B. The Muppets
$7K
Bank - $7K

Question 2 – 9 Helpful Metal
Italian wedding rooms traditionally carry what elemental metal to ward off evil?
A. Iron
B. Silver
C. Zinc
D. Gold

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Iron
$25K
Bank - $7

Question 3 – 6 Adult Booster
It’s recommended that adults get a Td booster shot every 10 years to help ward off diphtheria and what other disease?
A. Tonsillitis
B. Typhoid fever
C. Tetanus
D. Tuberculosis

Spoiler

C. Tetanus
$10K
Bank - $17K

Question 4 – 5 Acting
According to legend, what Greek poet was the first to recite poetry as a character, thus becoming the world’s first actor?
A. Sophocles
B. Pindar
C. Euripides
D. Thespis

Spoiler

D. Thespis
$2K
Bank - $19K

Question 5 – 2 Recipe Tips
Cook’s Illustrated magazine recommends using Yukon olds instead of Russets when making what?
A. Spaghetti sauce
B. Fruit salad
C. French fries
D. Cole slaw

Spoiler

C. French fries
$500
Bank - $19,500

commercial break

Question 6 – 8 Figure it Out
An example of a pangram, a sentence that contains all the alphabet’s letters, is “The five boxing wizards jump” how?
A. Quietly
B. Quaintly
C. Quickly
D. Quakily

Spoiler

C. Quickly
$3K
Bank - $22,500

Question 7 – 7 Film History
With over 180 depictions, who is recognized by Guinness World Records as the most represented historical figure in film?
A. Napoleon Bonaparte
B. Attila the Hun
C. Jesse James
D. George Washington

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. Napoleon Bonaparte
$100
Bank - $22,500

Question 8 – 10 Cultural Customs
Known there as Huldufolk or “hidden people,” what country’s belief in mythical creatures has led to roads being routed around their rocky dwellings?
A. Iceland
B. Netherlands
C. Germany
D. Finland

ATA

ATA results

21% A. Iceland
33% B. Netherlands
13% C. Germany
33% D. Finland

Kate says no guts, no glory. I’m going to say

Spoiler

Germany.

She then says she’s not and makes

Spoiler

Finland

her final answer.

Spoiler

A. Iceland
Kate leaves with $1K.

commercial break

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Sundeen
Philadelphia, PA
High school English teacher

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 – 9 Helpful Metal
Italian wedding rooms traditionally carry what elemental metal to ward off evil?
A. Iron
B. Silver
C. Zinc
D. Gold

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Iron
$25K
Bank - $7

Thanks to years of playing D&D I know that cold iron is used against demons. So that's my final answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 – 10 Cultural Customs
Known there as Huldufolk or “hidden people,” what country’s belief in mythical creatures has led to roads being routed around their rocky dwellings?
A. Iceland
B. Netherlands
C. Germany
D. Finland

ATA

ATA results

21% A. Iceland
33% B. Netherlands
13% C. Germany
33% D. Finland

Kate says no guts, no glory. I’m going to say

Spoiler

Germany.

She then says she’s not and makes

Spoiler

Finland

her final answer.

Spoiler

A. Iceland
Kate leaves with $1K.

The name sounds Scandinavian, so it's either Finland or Iceland. I can't go further, so I'll JTQ.

Question 2 – 9 Helpful Metal
Italian wedding rooms traditionally carry what elemental metal to ward off evil?
A. Iron
B. Silver
C. Zinc
D. Gold

JTQ 1

Spoiler

A. Iron
$25K
Bank - $7

JTQ 1

Question 6 – 8 Figure it Out
An example of a pangram, a sentence that contains all the alphabet’s letters, is “The five boxing wizards jump” how?
A. Quietly
B. Quaintly
C. Quickly
D. Quakily

Spoiler

C. Quickly
$3K
Bank - $22,500

Let's see -- we need a C. C, final answer.

Question 8 – 10 Cultural Customs
Known there as Huldufolk or “hidden people,” what country’s belief in mythical creatures has led to roads being routed around their rocky dwellings?
A. Iceland
B. Netherlands
C. Germany
D. Finland

ATA

ATA results

21% A. Iceland
33% B. Netherlands
13% C. Germany
33% D. Finland

Kate says no guts, no glory. I’m going to say

Spoiler

Germany.

She then says she’s not and makes

Spoiler

Finland

her final answer.

Spoiler

A. Iceland
Kate leaves with $1K.

JTQ 2

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 – 10 Cultural Customs
Known there as Huldufolk or “hidden people,” what country’s belief in mythical creatures has led to roads being routed around their rocky dwellings?
A. Iceland
B. Netherlands
C. Germany
D. Finland

ATA

ATA results

21% A. Iceland
33% B. Netherlands
13% C. Germany
33% D. Finland

Kate says no guts, no glory. I’m going to say

Spoiler

Germany.

She then says she’s not and makes

Spoiler

Finland

her final answer.

Spoiler

A. Iceland
Kate leaves with $1K.

The name sounds Scandinavian, so it's either Finland or Iceland. I can't go further, so I'll JTQ.

But they're your cousins, ear!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulduf%C3%B3lk

Huldufólk (Icelandic hidden people[1] from huldu- "pertaining to secrecy" and fólk "people", "folk") are elves in Icelandic folklore.[2][3]